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Ashanti Branch, an educator in California, has embarked on a program to give boys a bigger emotional toolbox, and I think it's fabulous. Newsflash, machismo jerkwads: Boys are human. Just like girls. And they need the ability to manage their emotional health without fear of being called names and shamed for their "sensitivity."
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Brother Eric has a post up about the recent SCOTUS decision to put "corporate" people ahead of "female" people.From the conclusion: "All of which is a long way of saying there's no point in complaining
about this bullshit, because what you're smelling is the fecund stench
of inevitability piling up around your shoes." I wish, oh how I wish that I didn't agree with him so whole-heartedly.
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What I wish other people knew about grief. The money quote: "Time lessens the sting; but for the griever, it’s almost a prison
sentence without parole. There is no light at the end of the tunnel. You
just have to get up each morning and hope something gives you a glimmer
that gets you through the day."
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Admiral Michelle Howard, USN, was promoted yesterday to the rank of a 4-star admiral. She's the fist woman in history to achieve this rank, and she's not some personnel wonk, either. She's the Vice Chief of Naval Operations, the second highest rank in the Navy. There are only a few internal barriers left to women in service in this country, and it makes my heart sing to see them battered down, one by one. Congratulations, Admiral.
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Video of the Week: The story of the late Dr. Robert McNair, who went from having the police called because he wouldn't leave a segregated library to a NASA astronaut.

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PS - The boys education story was actually a tougher read for me -- not the article itself, which was really interesting -- but the comments below. So much anger and fear. Never read the comments, I have to remind myself!

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I am a Hot Chick living in Castle Rock, CO with my fabulous family. We have a rescue dog named "Jackson," and she's a Basenji/Shepherd mix. She's something of a head case, but we love her. I'm a U.S. Navy vet, and I currently work as an Enterprise Solutions Architect, specializing in VoIP and multimedia contact center design. I'm a Trustee for my local library, because LIBRARIES. I care about science, the U.S. Constitution and the military. I'm a tax and spend liberal in a largely red county, but I try not to be stabby about it. I like to color, I aspire to run faster than I do, and I donate knitted cold weather gear to various charities. Stupidity, cupidity and wanton assholery piss me off, and I'm more than a little soft when it comes to dogs and those who serve others. I blog about whatever I feel like. I use foul language, so if that sort of thing offends you, feel free to fuck off now - if I'm unwilling to clean up my language for my fabulous Great Auntie Margie, I'm unlikely to do so for you. Newcomers are welcome here, especially those who disagree with me, but trolling and spamming will be met with the Shovel of Doom™.